Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.

Quote by George Orwell

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Good writing is like a windowpane.

Good writing is like a windowpane.

He who controls the past commands the future. He who commands the future conquers the...

He who controls the past commands the future. He who commands the future conquers the...

To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about...

To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about...

Early in life I had noticed that no event is ever correctly reported in a...

Early in life I had noticed that no event is ever correctly reported in a...

He was an embittered atheist, the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve...

He was an embittered atheist, the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve...

Enlightened people seldom or never possess a sense of responsibility.

Enlightened people seldom or never possess a sense of responsibility.

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they...

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they...

Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the...

Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the...

The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.

The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.

I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without...

I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without...

Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent.

Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent.

Language ought to be the joint creation of poets and manual workers.

Language ought to be the joint creation of poets and manual workers.

One can love a child, perhaps, more deeply than one can love another adult, but...

One can love a child, perhaps, more deeply than one can love another adult, but...

For a creative writer possession of the truth is less important than emotional sincerity.

For a creative writer possession of the truth is less important than emotional sincerity.

The aim of the High is to remain where they are. The aim of the...

The aim of the High is to remain where they are. The aim of the...

On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not...

On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not...

The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the...

The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the...

Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he...

Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he...

I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could...

I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could...

It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal...one...

It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal...one...

There is a great deal of human nature in man.

There is a great deal of human nature in man.

Mankind are apt to be strongly prejudicial in favor of whatever is countenanced by antiquity,...

Mankind are apt to be strongly prejudicial in favor of whatever is countenanced by antiquity,...